Dean, I'm happy to read that clarification--I had lost some track of what you were referring to, and in amongst the background noise of the complaints and whatnot, I misinterpreted what you were saying. My apologies.

As to the customer council leaking things, what can I say--we're excited by this stuff! It's hard to stay entirely quiet, sometimes.

Thanks for the apology Ken but I never realized we were even out of sync. Please realize that I don’t get all worked up over most things especially internet forum stuff. Nor do I change my opinion of things I like, such as speakers, because a newer version has comes out. As I mentioned in a previous post I actually bought my M80 center back in the apartment not to use but to ensure I wouldn’t get a different sounding speaker because of the inevitable upgrades should I have waited until later. That was the same reason I picked up a full 7.1 package even though I ended up switching back to 5.1 until I moved. I just wanted to make sure the speakers I had were as closely matched a possible.

I was actually a little pissed off when Axiom changed the amp on the EP500 w/o warning since I figured I would end up buying another one to run dual subs. Well that was until experimenting with Sean’s subs has lead me to believe that dual subs is a non-starter in my room.

I’m that way with the news. Always something about someone screwing over someone else. Makes me want to hurt people but not be able to act on it which I find very frustrating. One of the best things I ever did in my life was to almost completely stop watching/listening/reading the news (except sometimes NPR/BBC when driving). My frustration level is way down and I’ve recovered what I now consider to have been a hour or more of wasted life every day. If anything really important happens I figure I’ll find out about it.

Two of the other best things I’ve done was to throw away my watch (about 25 years ago) and not own a cell phone. Two less things to control my life.

No your whining about other people’s behavior just like when you left before. But thank you for sharing your “observations” of others with the rest of us since it adds so much value to the topics being discussed.